[RHSA-2020:4436-01] Low: gnome-software and fwupd security, bug fix, and enhancement update http://www.securityhome.eu/mailings/mailing.php?mid=17860
[RHSA-2020:4436-01] Low: gnome-software and fwupd secur...
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Published: 04 November 2020
======Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: gnome-software and fwupd security, bug fix, and enhancement update Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4436-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4436 Issue date: 2020-11-03 CVE Names: CVE-2020-10759 ======1. Summary:
An update for appstream-data, fwupd, gnome-software, and libxmlb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The gnome-software packages contain an application that makes it easy to add, remove, and update software in the GNOME desktop.
The appstream-data package provides the distribution specific AppStream metadata required for the GNOME and KDE software centers.
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The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gnome-software (3.36.1), fwupd (1.4.2).
Security Fix(es):
* fwupd: Possible bypass in signature verification (CVE-2020-10759)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1797932 - Rebase gnome-software to 3.36 1815502 - gnome-software support for auth webflow in flatpak remotes 1839774 - missing section for gnome-shell extensions 1844316 - CVE-2020-10759 fwupd: Possible bypass in signature verification 1844488 - request for appstream-data refresh in 8.3 1845714 - Show Details not working for e.g. Firefox installed from rpm
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: appstream-data-8-20200724.el8.src.rpm gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.src.rpm aarch64: gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm gnome-software-debuginfo-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm gnome-software-debugsource-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.src.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.src.rpm aarch64: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-debugsource-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-tests-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libxmlb-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libxmlb-debugsource-0.1.15-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libxmlb-tests-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm s390x: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.s390x.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.4.2-4.el8.s390x.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.4.2-4.el8.s390x.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.s390x.rpm libxmlb-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.s390x.rpm
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These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10759 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is
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